Toyota still dominates the ranking of the most popular car brands last year. The Japanese leader has been ranked first for 14 years in a row. However, BYD rose to 9th place as a rising star. Focus2move reports this.
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Top 10 best-selling brands
In 2023, Toyota sold 9.07 million vehicles, which is 1.5 million below the historical record, but 4. 1% more than in the previous year.
In second place is Volkswagen, occupying 6.0% of the global market, having sold 5.1 million vehicles (+7.0%).
In third place is Honda with 3.9 million cars sold (+3.7%).
In fourth place is Hyundai, which sold 3.8 million (+5.5%)
In fifth place is Ford with 3.7 million cars (+4.4%).
In sixth place is Nissan with 3.3 million cars (+8.5%).
< p>Chevrolet takes seventh place with 3.29 million cars.
Kia follows with 3.0 million cars sold (+2.2%).
In ninth place, moving up From 11th in the previous ranking, there is the Chinese company BYD with 2.6 million sales (+48.8%). Even though BYD is an EV specialist, they still sell ICE vehicles (which make up more than half of the company's sales). In 2019, BYD was in 49th place in the ranking of the best-selling automobile brands.
Mercedes closes the top ten with 2.2 million sales (+0.6%). At the same time, the leader of the premium segment is again ahead of BMW (11th place also with 2.2 million sales).
Rating
Focus2move analysts collect data on new registrations of passenger vehicles in 159 markets across to the whole world. After which they present a rating of the most popular car brands.
